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farewell

[fair-wel] / ˌfɛərˈwɛl /
INTERJECTION
goodbye (used to wish well)
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"I am confident that Britain is now stronger and fairer than it was two years ago," Starmer told reporters in his farewell speech outside Downing Street.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Less than a year later, in June 1986, the duo performed together for the last time at their farewell concert, The Final, at Wembley Stadium.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Four years after being catapulted into global stardom, the pair are bidding a bittersweet farewell to the roles that have defined their own coming of age.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The Johnny Knoxville-led crew bids farewell to over 20 years of camaraderie and laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The cop snapped his pad closed, and each officer gave Carla and her mother a salute of farewell.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

It is also a time of farewells, when school graduates leave their hometown while many corporate professionals receive assignments in new cities.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

"Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts," the post says.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2026

When the participants tried to end a conversation, researchers had the companion either reply with the same manipulative farewells they had observed popular AI companions use or, in the control condition, say goodbye.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Instead of the traditional party — and an accompanying feast of pizza, papusas and other Mexican and Central American delicacies — students handed in their borrowed instruments Friday and quietly said their farewells.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2025

The teachers and students wave and their farewells float through the open windows.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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